_Emblem and National Motto of Ireland._--How long has the _harp_ been the emblem, and _Erin-go-bragh_ the national motto of Ireland? To this I give another query,--What is the national motto of England? E.M.B. _Latin Distich and Translation._--Who were the authors of the following Latin Distich, and its English translation? "Mittitur in disco mihi piscis ab archiepisco-- --Po non ponatur, quia potus non mihi datur." "I had sent me a fish in a great dish by the archbish-- --Hop is not here, for he gave me no beer." E.M.B. _Verbum Græcum._--Who was the author of "Like the _verbum Græcum_ Spermagoraiolekitholukanopolides, Words that should only be said upon holidays, When one has nothing else to do." The _verbum Græcum_ itself is in Aristophanes' _Lysistrata_, 457. E.M.B. _Pope Felix._--Who is "Pope Felix," mentioned in Ælfric's _Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory_? Ælfric, in speaking of the ancestors of St. Gregory, states that "_Felix_ se eawfaesta _papa_ waes his fifta faeder,"--"Felix the pious pope was his fifth father," (i.e. great grandfather's grandfather). E.M.B. April 15. 1850. "_Where England's Monarch," and "I'd preach as though._"--Will any of your subscribers have the kindness to inform me who was the author of the lines "Where England's monarch all uncovered sat And Bradshaw bullied in a broad-brimm'd hat." And also of these, quoted by Henry Martyn as "well-known:" "I'd preach as though I ne'er should preach again, I'd preach as dying unto dying men." H.G. Milford, April 15. 1850. {416} _Latin Epigram._--I should be much obliged to any of your readers who can inform me who was the author and what is the date of the following epigram. The peculiarity of it, your readers will observe, consists in the fact, that while read directly it contains a strong compliment; yet it is capable of being read backwards, still forming the same description of verse, but conveying a perfect reverse of the compliment:-- "Laus tua, non tua fraus; virtus non copia rerum, Scandere te fecit hoc decus eximium, Pauperibus tua das; nunquam stat janua clausa; Fundere res quæris, nec tua multiplicas. Conditio tua sit stabilis! non tempore parvo Vivere te faciat hic Deus omnipotens." When reversed, it reads thus:-- "Omnipotens Deus hic faciat te vivere parvo Tempore! Non stabilis sit tua conditio. Multiplicas tua, nec quæris res fundere; clausa Janua stat, nunquam das tua pauperibus. Eximium decus hoc fecit te scandere rerum Copia, non virtus; fraus tua, non tua laus." Any additional information would much oblige. O. April 15. 1850. * * * * * REPLIES. GRAY'S ALCAIC ODE.